Rapidly digitising 10,000 collection items
A look at improvements we’ve made recently to digitise our collections faster, including some of the gems we’ve uncovered so far.Read more
2018-02-27
‘I feel his presence in these images’: The photographs of George Crombie
Working in a museum is filled with unexpected discoveries – especially when you’re looking at photographs from 100 years ago. Explore the life of an avid photographer whose photographs offered something different from the norm.Read more
2017-10-25
Faces in the crowd: Zooming in on our photography collection
If you look close enough you might find things you missed, and uncover characters hidden in plain sight.Read more
2017-09-04
Starfish: An unexpected journey
A look at the series of events that led to fashion label Starfish’s closure in 2013.Read more
2017-06-12
How Rita Angus landscapes inspired a Starfish collection
“It’s my product. It’s my vision. It’s my dream. It’s my life,” writes Laurie Foon, founder of the Starfish fashion label in the late 1990s.Read more
2017-04-18
Telling stories through fashion: A history of eco-friendly Starfish
It’s not every day that you get to delve into the nitty-gritty details of a fashion label. Te Papa’s assistant archivist Gareth Watkins is going through Starfish’s archive, recently gifted to Te Papa.Read more
2017-02-28